[Albion] What was your first Brighton away game?

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Deano's Invisible Pants

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Palace away c.1985/1986, aged 8. Henry Hughton broke Gerry Ryan’s leg. The ‘crack’ was audible from the stands. Danny Wilson’s leadership was very visible that day and made an impression on me.


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Boys 9d

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• Oct 23, 2020

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31 January 1961. 4th Round FA Cup Replay versus Burnley which Brighton lost 2-0. Burnley were one of the top teams at that time having been Division One Champions in 1959-60.

 

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30 April 1994 with my dad, we lost 2-0 at Readings Elm Park and they sealed the division 2 Championship.

 

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The Rattler said:

Sunderland, Roker Park 1986?

Lost 2-1

It rained

Hooked!


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My first and only visit there was in 1986 for the 1-1 draw in the August. Long way up on the coach and back.

My first away match was the cup game at Watford in 1984.

 

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The Hill of The Gun

• Oct 23, 2020

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Gillingham.
1965.
Lost 3-1

 

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Wycombe Wanderers away in the league cup in 1993. It was 1-0 after the first leg at the Goldstone and we were superb winning 3-1 I think. Could have been 10 we missed a load of chances.

I also won the quiz on the Costa Express coach home.

 

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Bingo

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West Ham away in March 83. Lost 2-1 after Gerry Ryan gave us the lead. A seventeen year old Tony Cottee scored for them.

 

Taybha

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Uwantsumorwat

• Oct 23, 2020

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Millwall 1972 I think , definitely got tonked , 6 of us squished up in my Brothers Anglia .

 

Moshe Gariani

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Ipswich 1980. 1-1. c.400 Albion fans.

17 year old Gary Stevens scored last minute equaliser with a pile-driver into the top corner from about 45 yards out.

Having got the bug my Dad was persuaded to take us to The Dell two weeks later where we lost 5-1 in pouring rain. I think Wardy got the consolation goal with a tap-in..? That was probably a few people’s first away game...

 

Worried Man Blues

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Walsall in the FA cup the one where we kept drawing with them, 70's ?

 

Chicken Run

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Spurs in 1978 I think

 

Icy Gull

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I don’t remember

 

Peter Grummit

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Papa Lazarou said:

Like my first ever game I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it was Palace away 1977. I think we lost 3-1 with Vince Hillaire scoring twice (I definitely remember bits of the game, especially him scoring), but my abiding memory was being chased by Palace fans after the game.

I was only 9 at the time.

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That was mine too. In with the enemy. Remember some Fawcett boys being marched back from the Holmesdale,heroes at school on Monday.

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Oscar

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1991 - Liverpool away in the FA Cup. 2-2. Mike Small pen, Byrne diving header and Johnny Crumplin with John Barnes in his pocket.

 

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Chelsea FA cup replay away in 1965 I think. Went up
In a coach from Worthing with my mum
And Auntie and got there late and gates shut, so the men broke the gates down and we got in the shed end. Lost 4-1 I think, I remember the smell of tobacco everywhere and it was pouring with rain.


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papajaff

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Ooh it’s a corner said:

I THINK it was at Dean Court in our promotion season 71-72. We drew 1-1

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Same here. April 1972. Big Ian Goodwin in defence.

 

papajaff

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GREASED WEASEL said:

Closer to 28k wasn't it?

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With a quick check of Tim and Roger's book, 22,540.

 

Chicken Run

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Oscar said:

1991 - Liverpool away in the FA Cup. 2-2. Mike Small pen, Byrne diving header and Johnny Crumplin with John Barnes in his pocket.

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Wasn’t my first away game but I was there for that, wasn’t that the start of the t shirts with JCFG?

 

chaileyjem

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Palace v Brighton - FA Cup Replay 1976.

 

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Up and Coming Sunny Portslade

• Oct 23, 2020

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Southend United Division 3 September 1987. Lost 2-1 and there was a bit of dancing in the corner of the away end.

Me and a couple of mates from school got completely hooked and did a load more aways that season. Brentford, Gillingham and Aldershot particularly "interesting".